The Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner is trying something new — instead of a musical for Broadway, he's written an opera, now playing in Philadelphia.
Author: Jeff Lunden
Posted: February 4, 2026, 9:47 pm
President Trump announced a "Complete Rebuilding" of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. You asked: Who's going to pay for it? What will it turn into? And doesn't Congress have to approve?
Author: Anastasia Tsioulcas
Posted: February 2, 2026, 7:34 pm
For decades, students at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier have been paying to bomb onstage. The goal isn't laughs — it's learning how to take the humiliation and keep going.
Author: Rebecca Rosman
Posted: February 1, 2026, 11:00 am
The departures include Kevin Couch, who was announced as the Kennedy Center's senior vice president of artistic planning less than two weeks ago.
Author: Anastasia Tsioulcas
Posted: January 29, 2026, 7:55 pm
Philip Glass is the latest to say he will not perform at the Kennedy Center.
Author: Ivy Buck
Posted: January 20, 2026, 5:44 pm
Georgetown University is moving Let Freedom Ring, its annual event celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr., to the historical Howard Theatre in order to save money, the university said.
Author: Elizabeth Blair
Posted: January 14, 2026, 6:37 pm
The WNO is just the latest to say they will no longer perform at the Kennedy Center since Trump took over last year.
Author: Chloe Veltman
Posted: January 10, 2026, 5:58 pm
The 18-time Grammy Award winner is the latest musician to cancel an show at the Kennedy Center. Béla Fleck says he cannot currently perform there because it "has become charged and political."
Author: Anastasia Tsioulcas
Posted: January 7, 2026, 7:34 pm
Three women in their 90s are performing right now on New York stages, sometimes as often as eight performances a week.
Author: Jeff Lunden
Posted: January 5, 2026, 9:28 pm
After President Trump added his name to the Kennedy Center, artists have been canceling their performances in protest, putting a damper on holiday events, including the New Year's Eve celebrations.
Author: Andrew Limbong
Posted: December 31, 2025, 9:45 am